0 a group of people whose job is to choose a political or religious leader --
1 a group of people whose votes are determined by how the people vote in each state, and who officially elect the president and vice president in the US --
These three classes then elect the members of an electoral college, who then elect the member of the house.
The electors of all the States are called collectively the electoral college.
The President and Vice-President are elected, through an electoral college, for a term of four years.
However, the disposition of Lincoln's vote gave him the electoral college.